DeMarco, D: Augustine and Porphyry

2021
ISBN: 978-3-506-76055-5
Verlag: Brill I Schoeningh

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 379 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 677 g

Reihe: Augustinus - Werk und Wirkung

This theological and philological commentary provides a detailed description of Augustine’s argument and reveals the areas where Augustine misrepresents or oversimplifies Porphyry’s thought in the Deregressu animae and other works.
This work establishes a new foundation for any future work on Porphyry’s Deregressu animae. Via comparison with Porphyry’s extant Greek works and fragments, the commentary sheds light on seven key topics in Augustine’s presentation:

1) the ‘spiritual soul,’
2) the nature of theurgy,
3) the report that Porphyry attributes passsiones to the gods,
4) the coherence of the De regressu animae with Porphyry’s other works, in particular his De philosophia ex oraculis and Epistula ad Anebontem,
5) the report on the purifying principia,
6) Porphyry’s views on reincarnation, and
7) the universal way of salvation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeMarco, David C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

David C. DeMarco studied classics and New Testament and Early Christian Literature, followed by a Dr. theol. in Germany. Since 2019 he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Protestant Theology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.